I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

Every country has the government it deserves.

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Written laws are like spiderwebs: they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.